"Heaven Is A Ghost Town" DIGITAL Download

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Heaven Is A Ghost Town

Includes Fan Favorites: Taco Truck and What Are You Waiting For

(2020)

On her sophomore solo outing, L.A. multiinstrumentalist Nicki Tedesco notches a new creative high with eight dangerously-addictive tracks that tap deeply into the heart of the punchy, pop-inspired styles that dominated the late-80s and early-90s. Of course, there’s a massive distinction between drawing inspiration from, as opposed to imitating, one’s influences and refreshingly, on Heaven Is A Ghost Town, Tedesco channels her influences in a way that never feels like anything less than contemporary. Cuts like Trapped Inside, Broken and the title track showcase a thrilling refinement of the pop punk stylings that dominated 2013’s Sweet As Freak, mixing in driving guitars, propulsive tempos and the kind of sugary pop harmonies that you’re still humming days after you hear them. Be forewarned - these songs are catchy enough to require a warning label. A relentlessly-creative (and highly in-demand) bassist in her own right, it’s hardly a surprise that thick, rubbery bass lines dominate the outing, adding rich emotional texture to tracks like What Are You Waiting For. At its heart though, Heaven... is a pop rock paradise, with revved-up bangers like Egotistical Boys conjuring the sneer and swagger of L7 or Bon Scott-era AC/DC. Then there’s the turbocharged Taco Truck — a pop punk beatdown that dives straight into its exhilarating, shout-out chorus before serving up the first verse. Thematically, Heaven catches Tedesco at a point of real transition, as she reconciles her past with a present that’s filled with new purpose. It’s this jagged optimism, borne of real life wisdom, that infuses the record with an ineffable sense of gravitas. Given the high overall quality of songwriting, you’d be hard-pressed to pick a standout, but Enchanted offers a convincing showcase of Tedesco’s consummate strengths as a songwriter; starting with a brooding, midtempo chug, she gradually piles on growling riffs and sparkling atmospherics until the track builds to the kind of virile climax that begs to be shouted out by fifty thousand people at an outdoor festival. The next time somebody claims that they just don’t make great albums like they did back in the day, hand them a copy of Heaven Is A Ghost Town. 

- Joe Daly